Post Treatment Retainers in Edinburgh
Braces create a perfect smile, retainers make it last.
Custom retainers help keep your teeth beautifully aligned and protect the smile you worked hard to achieve. At Ocean Orthodontics, Dr Mustafa provides personalised retainer solutions designed for long-term comfort, stability, and lasting results.
The Basics
What Are Retainers?
Retainers are custom-made orthodontic appliances designed to keep your teeth in their new position after braces or clear aligner treatment. Once teeth have been straightened, they naturally try to shift back over time. Wearing retainers helps protect your results and maintain your smile long-term.
At Ocean Orthodontics, Dr Mustafa creates a personalised retention plan based on your teeth, bite, and treatment history. Whether you’ve had metal braces, clear braces, or aligners, retainers are the final and essential stage of orthodontic treatment.
Without retainers, teeth can gradually move, even years after treatment finishes.
Types of Retainers
Which Type of Retainer Is Right for You?
Dr Mustafa will recommend the most suitable retainer based on your orthodontic treatment and long-term goals.
Removable Retainers
Removable retainers are custom-made clear trays that fit over your teeth.
Benefits
Fixed Retainers
A fixed retainer is a thin wire bonded discreetly behind your teeth to help maintain alignment continuously.
Benefits
Suitability
Who Needs Retainers?
Retainers are recommended for almost every orthodontic patient after treatment.
Post Orthodontic Patients
Maintain the results achieved after braces or clear aligner treatment.
Minor Orthodontic Relapse
Help correct small gaps or slight teeth movement after treatment.
Dental Restorations
Retainers help keep dental work like bridges, veneers, or fillings properly aligned and prevent shifting over time.
Ready To Protect Your Smile?
Need a New Retainer or Replacement?
Lost, broken, or loose retainer? Book an appointment with Dr Mustafa for advice and replacement retainers made specifically for your teeth. Saturday appointments available.
GDC Specialist Orthodontist · Diamond Invisalign Provider · 20+ Years' Experience
The Process
How Retainer Treatment Works at Ocean
01
Your Consultation
You’ll meet Dr Mustafa for a detailed orthodontic assessment. We’ll examine your teeth, bite, and current alignment, and help you choose the right retainer, whether fixed or removable, to protect and maintain your smile results.
02
Your Digital Scan
We take a comfortable 3D digital scan of your teeth to ensure your retainers fit accurately and comfortably.
03
Creating Your Retainers
Your retainers are custom-made specifically for your smile. Fixed retainers are carefully bonded behind the teeth, while removable retainers are designed for a secure fit.
04
Retainer Review & Advice
We’ll explain exactly how to wear, clean, and care for your retainers to keep your smile stable long-term.
Making It Affordable
Spreading the Cost of Treatment
Metal Fixed Braces is a meaningful investment, and we want it to be accessible. For private patients, we offer finance options through V12 Finance, so your treatment can be paid for across manageable monthly installments rather than a single upfront payment.
We also accept payment by debit card, credit card (excluding American Express), bank transfer, or cash.
Every patient's case is different, which is why we don't list prices online. We prefer to discuss cost properly at your consultation, once we've examined your teeth and explained exactly what your treatment will involve. There's no pressure to commit on the day.
Flexible Payment Options
Spread the cost of your treatment across monthly instalments
Finance options discussed in detail at your consultation.
Real Edinburgh Patients, Real Results
The patients in these videos came to Ocean from across Edinburgh and the central belt. They've kindly shared their experience — what brought them in, what the treatment was like, and what their smile looks like now.
Real Results from Real Edinburgh Patients
Drag the handle on each image to reveal the before and after. Every case treated right here at Ocean Orthodontics in Leith.
235+ Reviews Across Edinburgh
Honest words from real patients — we don't edit or curate these. They're copied directly from our verified Google reviews.
"Dr Mustafa is a true professional and expert in his field. The staff are warm and friendly and create a relaxed and safe atmosphere. The clinic has been designed to feel like a relaxing spa. Highly recommend."
"I have had such a journey with Dr Mustafa and the lovely ladies. He is a real scientist — very responsible, careful and attentive. He keeps an eye on detail and the best possible clinical outcome. Completely changed my life and gave me back my smile."
"Dr Mustafa completely transformed my smile — I can now smile confidently. He was excellent throughout the entire Invisalign process with regular check-ins. I don't normally leave reviews, but I couldn't be happier with my experience."
Why Edinburgh Patients Choose Ocean Orthodontic Clinic
There are other orthodontic options in Edinburgh. Here's why the patients who do their research tend to end up here.
Most clinics offering clear aligners and braces in Edinburgh are run by general dentists with short orthodontic training. Dr Mustafa is on the GDC Specialist List in Orthodontics (No. 105727), with a PhD in Orthodontics and a postgraduate diploma from Warwick. That difference matters most when your case is complex — or when something doesn't go quite to plan halfway through.
The Diamond tier is held by the highest-volume Invisalign providers in the UK. It isn't a badge anyone can buy — it reflects sustained experience across hundreds of treated cases. When you're trusting someone to move your teeth, volume of experience matters.
Dr Mustafa's clinical philosophy is to preserve every healthy tooth where it's safe to do so. Many patients told they need extractions elsewhere have been successfully treated at Ocean without them. That approach earned us the British Orthodontic Society's Against the Odds award — twice.
Ocean Orthodontic Clinic won Overall Practice of the Year and Best New Practice at the Scotland Dental Awards 2023 — competing against every dental practice in Scotland. These are independently judged awards based on clinical standards, patient experience, and outcomes.
Visit Ocean Orthodontic Clinic in Edinburgh
We're based in Leith, North Edinburgh — easy to reach by car or public transport, with Saturday appointments available.
Edinburgh, EH6 6JG
| Monday | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Tuesday | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Wednesday | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Thursday | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Friday | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Saturday | 10:00am – 1:00pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
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